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The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, between U.S. forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison and warriors of a Native American confederation led by Shawnee brothers Tenskwatawa (pictured) and Tecumseh. While Tecumseh was away recruiting allies, Harrison marched with about 1,000 men to disperse the confederation's headquarters at Prophetstown, near the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana. The outnumbered warriors from Prophetstown launched a surprise attack, but Harrison's army prevailed. Public opinion in the United States blamed the conflict on British interference, a suspicion that served as a catalyst to the War of 1812. When the U.S. declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Tecumseh's confederacy, now allied with the British, initiated its own war against the United States. (more...) Recently featured: Rova of Antananarivo – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Battle of Lipantitlán Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Geoffrey Mutai Kenyan runner Geoffrey Mutai (pictured) wins the New York City Marathon with a course record time. Alfonso Cano, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, is killed by government forces. The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) follows sister body IUPAC in approving the element names darmstadtium, roentgenium and copernicium for general use. Paul Biya is sworn in for a sixth term as President of Cameroon. A 520-day ground-based experiment simulating a manned flight to Mars, part of the MARS-500 program, concludes in Russia. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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November 7: October Revolution Day in Belarus and other various regions of the former Soviet Union 1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving English-language newspaper, was first published as the Oxford Gazette. 1885 – Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the first transcontinental railroad across Canada, concluded with the driving of the "last spike" (pictured) in Craigellachie, British Columbia. 1917 – Vladimir Lenin led a Bolshevik insurrection against the Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky, starting the Bolshevik Revolution. 1940 – Four months after the bridge's completion, the middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge across the Tacoma Narrows in the U.S. state of Washington collapsed in a windstorm. 1991 – Professional basketball player Magic Johnson announced his retirement from the game because of his infection with HIV. More anniversaries: November 6 – November 7 – November 8 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now November 7, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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A light-grey three-pronged video game controller sitting next to a curvaceous black console with a light-grey cartridge protruding from its top.

Games for the Nintendo 64 video game console were released over time in plastic ROM cartridges. Two small indents on the back of the cartridges allow them to connect or pass through the system's cartridge dustcover flaps. Of the console's 387 official releases, 84 were exclusive to Japan, 47 to North America, and 4 to Europe. The Nintendo 64 was first launched in Japan on June 23, 1996 with Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64, and Saikyo Habu Shogi; in North America with Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64; and in Europe with Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. The last game to be published for the system was the North American-exclusive Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 on August 20, 2002. Despite the higher cost of producing cartridges and continued criticism over releasing a cartridge-based system, the total sales of the Nintendo 64 software outsold the total amount of Nintendo GameCube software. (more...)

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The transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun that took place in November 2006. Mercury appears as a black speck in the Sun's lower center-right region; the black areas on the left and right edges are sunspots. The transit was first recorded by French astronomer Pierre Gassendi on November 7, 1631. Transits of Mercury take place in May or November, at intervals of 7, 13, or 33 years, with the next one predicted to appear in May 2016.

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